Well, they _could_, but they shouldn't. I can't imagine a workable
enforcement system, though. Kenni

"Ray" wrote in message
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Unfortunately, each of the 4 or 5 new owners could now give it their own
cultivar names!

A flawed system, perhaps?

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"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
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Diana: The bottom line is that you are stuck with the clonal name
'Schmaltz'. There are lots of named clones out there which have never
been awarded. It still wouldn't be right to change the clonal name on
one or more of them, unless perhaps you could somehow be sure you had
every single one in existence and then gave the whole group your new
clonal name.

E.g., I have one Catt that bloomed out green amongst a sea of
magenta/spotted siblings. I gave it the clonal name 'Green Ice' so I
could tell it apart while the plants were out of bloom. Eventually it
made 4 or 5 divisions. Before I sold any of them, I could have changed
my mind and picked a new clonal name such as 'Envy.' But now that some
of the other divisions belong to other people, it would be inappropriate
for me to do that, even if it were to receive an award. Kenni


"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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One more wrinkle to this one: the plant had not yet been awarded when I
received a piece of it. Does that change things?

I know this sounds like nit picking, but I am genuinely curious about
it. Full disclosu I have no plans to take this plant for judging any
time soon.

Diana